Apr 07, 2008 - Sale 2141

Sale 2141 - Lot 188

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
CARÊME, MARIE-ANTONIN. Le Patissier Pittoresque. Engraved additional title and 125 engraved plates depicting architectural designs to be executed with confectionery ingredients. 8vo, contemporary cloth, worn; some foxing variously affecting plates, untrimmed fore edge of plate 119 browned and frayed. Author's stamped authorization signature on half-title verso. Paris, 1842
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Third edition, revised and enlarged, of Carême's 1815 guide to the creation of his signature "pièces montées," elaborate architectural centerpieces created with ingredients such as sugar and almond paste. Cagle 124; Une Affaire du Goût 135.